本文旨在了解運動人類學門在臺灣發展的脈絡，透過收集相關著作進行描述。首先簡介人類學在歐美的發展進程、延伸出來的支系、代表性的學者以及標誌性的研究方法；其次發現，運動人類學門乃從文化人類學所延伸出來的一個支系；臺灣的運動人類學門受到歐美與日本的影響，在最近十餘年來，也有許多學者投入運動人類學的研究，在此發韌階段，尚有許多發展的空間。

This paper aims to understand the Taiwanese development of the anthropology of sport, adopted articles and books review. It is firstly, with an introduction to the development of the anthropology in Europe and America, about its extended branches, representative scholars and the iconic research methods; secondly found that the anthropology of sport is a branch of the cultural anthropology. Taiwanese anthropology of sport has affected by European and Japanese anthropology. Within this decade, there are many scholars have devoted in the anthropological researches in sports. In the tough, beginning stage, it still deserves a great effort to enhance the field.